Washing-machine.



, No. 688,28l. Patented Dec. l0, I90L' L. c. BAIRD.

WASHING MACHINE.

ie 19 June 21,1901.

(Appl anon 11 d 67 gra UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

LUTHER Q. BAIRD, OF ODELL, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHlNE.

sPnoIFmATIonror m part of Letters ratent No. 688,281, dated. December 10, 1901. Application filed June 21, 1901. Serial No. 65,472. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, LUTHER O. BAIRD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Odell, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The invention consists in the constructionf and novel combination and arrangement of" parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is an end elevation, partly in section, illustrating the manner of mounting the springs. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the adjustable plates.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of. the drawings.

1 designates a frame composed of a horizontal base-board 2'and uprights or headpieces 3, rising from the base-board at points adjacent to the ends thereof, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, and provided with vertical slots 4, receiving journals of an uppercorrugated roll 5. The journals may consist of a continuous shaft, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, or they may be constructed in any other suitable manner. The shaft 6 is provided at one end with a crank-handle, by means of which the machine is operated, and it is engaged bysprings 7, which hold the upper corrugated roll in engagement with the clothes. The springs are located at the ends of the frame of the-washing-machine and extend transverselyof the ends of the shaft and engage the upper face of the same, and they are mounted on brackets 8. The brackets S consist of horizontal bars secured to the outer faces of the uprights 3 and extending beyond the'same and provided with upwardly-projecting L-shaped arms 9 and 10. The arm 9 is perforated for the reception of a pivot 11, which also passes through a perforation of the spring, and the latter is adapted to be swung horizontally to engage it with and disengage it from the journals of the upper corrugated roll 5. Thehorizontal portion of the L-shaped arm 10 is provided at its outer end with a depending lug 12, which engages the outer edge of the spring to prevent the same from moving laterally out of engagement with the arm 10. When it is desired to remove the upper corrugated roll,the springs are depressed sufficient-ly to disengage their'ends from the arms 10 of the brackets, and they may be then readily swung out of engagement with the journals of the upper roll.

The upper corrugated roll is arranged above a curved series of lower rolls 13 and 1 1, journaled in suitable bearings of the uprights and spaced from the upper roll, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. The rolls 13, which are arranged at the ends of the series of bottom rolls, are corrugated, and the rolls 14, which are located between the rolls 13, are smooth.

The washing-machine is designed to be arranged within a tub or other suitable receptacle, and the clothes to be washed are passed through the machine between the upper roll and the lower rolls and are squeezed and rubbed by the corrugated faces. The upper roll yieldingly engages the clothes and other fabrics, which are washed withoutbeing in jured.

The washing-machine is supported within a tub by means of a pair of inclined bars 15, secured at their lower ends to the outer faces of the uprights of the frame of the washingmachine and having their lower terminals cut at an angle and fitted against the upper face of the bottom or base board 2 of the frame 1. The upper ends of the inclined bars 15 are connected by a rung or rod 16, and the said bars 15 are provided adjacent to their upper ends with slots 17 for the reception of bolts 18 or other suitable fastening devices for securing a pair of resilient clamps 19 to ing devices 18. The'fastening devices 18 are the bars 15. The resilient clamps, which may be constructed of any suitable material, are approximately inverted-Ushaped to receive the upper edge of a tub, and they are provided with upwardly-extending arms 20, which are perforated for the reception of the fastenadapted to be adjusted in the slots 17 of the inclined bars to position the washer properly with relation to the tub. The arms are providedwith twists or bends 21 to arrange the U-shaped portions of the clamps at an angle to enable them to fit the tub to which the washing-machine is applied. The frame of the washing-machine is provided at the ends of the base-board with adjustable plates 22, having longitudinal slots 23 and secured to the lower faces of the ends of the base-board 2 by bolts 23, passing through the slots 23 of the plates and through perforations of the ends of the base. lhe plates,which are adapted to be adjusted longitudinally, are designed to fit against the sides of a tub to assist the inclined supporting-bars in holding the washing-maehine firmly within the tub, and the outer ends of the adjustable plates are curved slightly to conform to the configuration of the inner faces of the sides of a tub.

It will be seen that the washing-machine is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is easily operated, and that it is capable of rapidly and thoroughly washing clot-hes without injuring the fabrics. 5

What I claim is- 1. In a washing-machine, the combination of a frame having slots or openings, a roll provided with journals arranged in the slots or openings, a bracket secured to the frame and consisting of a bar extending beneath the adjaeent journal and provided at its ends with 40 upwardly-extending L-shaped arms, one of the arms being provided at its outer end with a depending lug, and a spring pivoted to the other arm, and engaging the journal and arranged beneath the arm having the lug and engaged by the latter, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a Washing-machine, the combination of a frame, an upper roll provided with journals and capable of vertical movement, brack- 5o ets composed of horizontal bars secured to the frame beneath the journals and provided with arms, and the transversely-disposed springs pivotally connected to the arms at one side of the journals and detachably engaging the other arms, said springs also engaging the journals of the upper roll and adapted to force the same downward, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LUTHER O. BAIRD.

Witnesses:

GILES R. THOMAS, FRANK LEFAIVE. 

